(GunReports.com) — Thermold Design and Development, manufacturer of polymer magazines and other injection molded firearm accessories, has appointed Stanley Smith as Chief Operations Officer.
Smith has more than 25 years experience in product development and manufacturing in the firearms industry.
Thermold began in the 1960s as a molded plastics injection manufacturer that served the automotive industry. Using a nylon resin called Zytel, developed by DuPont after World War II to replace metal in large-scale manufacturing, Thermold began producing weapons magazines that resisted heat and corrosion, and functioned with extreme reliability.